Month: February 2009

( Lifespan ) A new study from Lifespan evaluated the research to date on the impact of cognitive training on the healthy elderly population. Their review of all relevant randomized, controlled trials shows no evidence that structured cognitive interventions or “brain exercise” programs delay or slow progression of cognitive changes in healthy elderly. Such programs are now an $80 million per …
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Survivors of early-stage lung cancer who take part in regular physical activity have a better quality of life, according to a survey of lung cancer survivors. The researchers found that those participants who met the guidelines reported fewer depressive symptoms, greater vitality, and less shortness of breath when compared to their more sedentary counterparts.
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Australian researchers have found that exercise can offer benefits to women recovering from breast cancer treatment.
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The benefits of physical exercise and the subsequent enhancement of physical task performance is a familiar concept but long-term exercise programs are proving to have immediate and residual impact on creative potential as well. There is a vital and overlooked link between brawn and brains. The fittest bodies were more…
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So somebody came up with the bright idea of having hapless feature writers type up something about “fitness” every day in the month of February.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Education officials agree regular school exercise is a good idea, but they don’t like a proposal to require every North Dakota public school student to get some at least three days a week.
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Tina Klinesmith arrived at the playground at Applegate Park for her Parent and Me exercise class looking fresh and relaxed, this despite the fact that she had just spent the early morning hours teaching a Boot Camp class at Merced College’s football stadium.
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In a new report, “Beyond Salsa Dancing: Promoting Physical Activity for Hispanic Elders,” fitness expert Marilynn Larkin cautions on simply translating programs from English to Spanish: It doesn’t work.
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Title: Exercise Key Player in Knee Replacement Recovery Category: Health News Created: 2/5/2009 9:11:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/5/2009
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Exercise works as a remedy for a host of ailments. So why isn’t it more often prescribed?
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